It was a mixed weekend for some of the Fuller brothers, who are quite familiar to Virginia Tech fans. Two of the Hokies' football program's most prolific family are now in the NFL.
Corey Fuller grabbed the winning touchdown pass to give Detroit a...

The 2014 NFL season will kick off Sept. 4 in Seattle, where the Super Bowl champion Seahawks will be honored before the boisterous 12th Man in the regular-season opener against the Green Bay Packers.A full schedule for the upcoming season — which begins...

Ronald Curry, perhaps the greatest high school football player in Peninsula history, was hired as an offensive assistant coach by the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers.
“The 49ers and our staff are pleased to be initiating Ronald’s NFL coaching career,”...

WILLIAMSBURG — The last time Matt Ryan had touched down in Virginia, he crushed the hopes of thousands. Tuesday's visit was far more benign.
Ryan, the Atlanta Falcons' Pro Bowl quarterback out of Boston College, appeared at William and Mary's youth...

49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks jumped offside on this play near the goal line, but the former Virginia Cavalier's stops of Panthers quarterback Cam Newton sparked San Francisco into the NFC championship game.
Listed by jersey number (if still applicable),...

NEWPORT NEWS — He hadn’t been born yet, but it’s almost like Heritage High coach George Massenburg somehow was taking notes at the time.When John McKay took over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976, the franchise was in the dumpster. He stressed a five-year,...

Suffice to say, Tyrone Pettaway is on football coaching's fast track — from Fort Valley State to Christopher Newport to Tennessee to Southern California to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Oh, and all this in five years, landing the seriously connected Woodside...

The Associated Press Sports Editors has ended sessions Wednesday at Hampton University for its Day of Diversity where the topic of conversation was Michael Vick. As expected, the subject of race was discussed in depth.
Among the panelists that had or...

The term "Rome wasn't built in a day" is an old expression that may have a new meaning in our society, especially within the NFL. Athletes have time and time again suffered from career damaging issues with the law and some have made...

Michael Vick is flush again. But he’s not crazy flush, and that’s the best news about the contract he and the Philadelphia Eagles negotiated.
A Pro Bowl quarterback from Warwick High and Virginia Tech, Vick is guaranteed $40 million in the six-year deal,...

The first touchdown Michael Vick scored for the Philadelphia Eagles was against the Atlanta Falcons in the Georgia Dome. As was his first Philly scoring pass. Both two years ago.
Then why the hype and Faith Hill/Sunday night treatment for Vick’s second...

Ten years ago, the Atlanta Falcons mortgaged their future to acquire Michael Vick with the first pick of the NFL draft.
In hindsight, given Vick’s crimes and premature exit from Atlanta, the decision was regrettable. But the Falcons’ football judgment...

Two recent Super Bowl teams drafted Virginians on Friday to improve glaring deficiencies.
The New England Patriots chose University of Virginia cornerback Ras-I Dowling of Chesapeake with the opening pick of the second round.
Five selections...